Aim: To describe how Registered Nurses in a municipal home care context experience adverse event reports.

Design: A qualitative design was used.

Method: Twelve semistructured individual interviews with Registered Nurses in a municipal home care context were collected on two occasions and analysed with qualitative content analysis.

Results: The results show that conflicts exist between being able to trust the managers and their feedback, being loyal to colleagues and retaining professional pride. These are described in the theme “Contradiction” and the three categories: “Awareness”; “Uncertainty”; and “Concealment.” © 2018 The Authors.